Besides duck-walking voguing culture into the Pinoy mass consciousness, the ad also sashays away from a common marketing practice among beauty brands: segregating products by the gender they’re supposed to cater to.

Our discussion of Femmephobia continues. Further breaking the masc mold set by our painfully patriarchal society are three kweens: IC Mendoza, Erick Habijan, and Angelo de Cartagena. It’ll be a blast, bro.

“Drag is a huge ‘fuck you’ to the idea of masculinity itself…It’s about blurring that gender line and saying ‘I don’t want to be a man. I can just be,’” says the Brooklyn-based queen and new star of Femme.

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About Team

TEAM tackles how gay Filipino men relate their identity, from fuckups to fantasies, to where to go for music you can actually dance to. We may not have proper rights in our country but we’re claiming some authority by getting our words and ideas on page. And though we lack public places to convene, an open publication (and wide-open digital space) is a good place to start.